Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
Household,

Strictly in the line of the household,
although not of tables and chairs, are the
habits of the family who gather in the
dining room to partake Of the good cheer
provided. Reader, have you ever been e
guest in house long enough to witness
the every day manners of the family? II
your experience has been at all large you
have found that in many cases, like
the every day clothes, they are not of so
fine texture as those which are laid
away for company. The average Ameri-
can takes his ease in his house and not
sin mine inn," and his idea of ease is
laying aside the gentle cOurtesles of life,
which seem to fit uneasily, and behave au
naturel
Almost every one IS in a degree under
the influence of q Sullen demon. This
domination is more manifest in the early
morning than at any other hour
and there is nothing more efeciually
exercises it than q well served prompt
breakfast with punctuallty on the part of,
the partakers. Admitting the existence
of this demon by no means justities it,
and it is the bounden duty of each indi-
vidual member to so utterly ignore the
fact that it shall come to be regarded as a.
fancy. As e means for this end nothing
is better than the habitual cultivation Of
company manners" There can be mo
excuse for the lack of the pleasant sslu
tetiOn when the different members of the
family meet each other in the morning,
and yet too often it is neglected by the
elders, and failure thus to salute on the
part of the juvenile is overlooked in the
hurry of getting the business members
off TO their various aVocations. The
English have petty custom of shaking
hands as well as kind inquiry as to how
you passed the night, and in
many families the father and
mother always receive a good morning
kiss. If il be true, as modern philoso-
pher asserts, from the outward to the in
ner, then the bright smile, the CHEEKY
greeting must pave the way to an inward
ioyousness that shall find expression in
badinage and light chit-chst in which all
may have s part. Emphatically, the
breakfast room is no arena for wordy con-
tests. or g suitable place TO settle veXed
questions in political or domestic econ
omy, and with less reason should it be
regarded IS feeding place. Hire it isi
that each one should contribute their best
for the general happiness, and nathinSj
that offends il 4MaxG or act oughtEto bs1
permitted tashar the ptagsure of tn hoursI
Many haYss been the r1es laid l-downS
labelled Stable etiquettes" but one rule
sufffces, ''in honor tsbreferriEgi one
another. Gluttony an9 greed lind an
easy fieia for d5splay at table,
and nowhere does mans ias
nate selfspe $50 manifest HseEf
more readily. Be quietly observant
of the wants of Msse nearest you, to re
FRAN from selesfngt the best are part of
what is reqpared NJ "tsble manners"
Few of the s6-called rales of etiquette are
arbitrary e4Ectment4 but originate in
sound Democratic theory, having in view
the greatest sos96 the greatest number.
Training the children is term which |
advanced thinkers reject, they prefer to
use directing or developing" The term
is not OF vital Importance but the idea is,
and pareuts must not be unmindful of the |
necessity Of teaching the children to avoid
all disagpeeable habits st table; nothing |
betraysth them sooner in after years than
shezNant of this breeding. Teach them
to use their fork properly, to sip their